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Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa said Nigerians would be able to feed themselves once the issue of insecurity is fixed. Aondoakaa said this in an interview with Arise Television on Tuesday. He said, “The main issue now is that of security. Nigerians have the capacity to feed themselves. They […]
THERE were indications,weekend, that businesses and others might be losing over N100 billion monthly as containers and petrol tankers continue to stay permanently on Apapa roads and environs in Lagos, where Tin Can and Apapa ports, factories, bonded terminals and other corporate organisations carry out their operations.Our Correspondents, who monitored the situation, noticed that the […]
ABUJA —The Department of State Services, DSS, has asked organised labour to shelve its planned nationwide protest over high cost of living and sundry issues in the country in the interest of peace. But the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday dared the DSS to stop the protest, advising the secret police to face its of […]
The queues, The PUNCH gathered, started building up in some parts of Lagos on Tuesday. The queue was borne out of fear by Nigerians that premium motor spirit might become scarce as a result of the now-suspended NARTO strike. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Nigerians stormed filling stations to engage in panic buying. It was learnt that the […]
•Deploys ONSA, CBN, Police, EFCC, Customs, NFIU to combat speculative activities •Tinubu Says $10bn FX inflow coming •President declares govt will create millions of jobs, unlock trillions in public wealth to boost economy •Shettima: Some forces hell-bent on plunging country into anarchy •NACCIMA writes CBN Gov, minister of trade, proffers Strategies to address naira slide, […]
LAGOS — The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, has advised the Federal Government to eschew pride and review the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of nation’s currency, the naira, warning of looming unemployment crisis, particularly with the current harsh economic situation. 4 NECA’s position came on a day oil marketers, under the aegis […]
Presidency has accused unscrupulous Nigerians of working to undermine President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration to revamp the Nigerian economy. It declared that smugglers and politicians were the brains behind the attempt to pull the nation backward. The presidency condemned the decades of mismanagement and underutilisation of the country’s assets within and outside the borders, leading […]
The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on eGIS and Urban Development, Dr. Olajide Abiodun Babatunde, has defended the move by the State Government to relocate the Computer village from Ikeja to Katangua area of the state. Speaking during an on-site evaluation of Computer Village in Ikeja on Tuesday Babatunde said the relocation was […]
Some of the motorists and traders who spoke with our correspondents attributed the flooded roads and pathways to the poor drainage system in the state. The downpour also led to a heavy flow of water that our correspondents witnessed in many parts of Ikeja and Alimosho local government areas of the state. At Ilupeju, PUNCH Metro noticed […]
The Federal Government has concluded plans to install biometric clearance gates for the Nigeria Immigration Service at the international airports in the country. The gates are expected to be ready at these airports by March 2024. The international airports in Nigeria where the facilities will be installed are the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, […]
